Mass water shutdown to affect 37 areas this weekend in Johannesburg
Johannesburg Water and the City’s bulk water supplier, Rand Water, are planning a water shutdown to last 30 hours starting on 27 February. The City’s bulk water supplier, Rand Water, has sent out a statement notifying residents of a major water shutdown set to...
Eskom wants South Africans with solar panels to pay more for electricity
Eskom presented its new plans for electricity tariffs to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa on Tuesday, outlining the new electricity price structure it wants to implement. The power utility’s new retail tariffs propose significant changes for electricity...
Eskom Stage 8 load-shedding possible, warns Ted Blom
South Africans should brace themselves for the worst year of load-shedding yet in 2021, with Stage 8 being a possibility before the end of winter. This is the view of power and mining expert Ted Blom, who spoke to the Free Market Foundation’s Chris Hattingh during...
Eskom’s outlook for 2021 will be the worst year ever
Energy expert Ted Blom predicts that Eskom is heading for its worst performance ever in 2021 Responding to Eskom’s updated 3-month electricity outlook, Blom says “historically Eskom has maintained a ‘planned maintenance’ outage of around 5,000MW. Unplanned outages, by...
